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Dave Taylor

@linconspirators.bsky.social

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Historian studying Abraham Lincoln's assassination, John Wilkes Booth, and the Booth family. My website: LincolnConspirators.com Also a Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, and classic cartoon fan. Husband to @dicejailjen.bsky.social

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hello, followers! I’m an expert on the Lincoln assassination. I study all aspects of April 14, 1865, including the lives of the assassin & his conspirators. Addressing John Wilkes Booth’s dark radicalization in white supremacy and political violence sheds light on Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy.

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 2d

There were about 450 of us out there today! It was a great event.

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 2d

folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 2d

For the #NoKings protest in Taylor, TX, I invoked abolitionist Frederick Douglass. #skystorians 🗃️ #AbolishICE

A protest sign that bears a quote from Frederick Douglass stating “Hired kidnappers infest these borders” followed by the words “End ICE”.

Jen and I at the No Kings protest in Taylor, TX holding our signs. The Lyin’ King one was created by our 14 year old son.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 3d

DC-area friends! I'll be presenting some.of my research on Edwin Booth, celebrity, and grief at Lee-Fendall House in Alexandria on November 15!

A perfect way to (belatedly) celebrate Edwin's birthday!

More information: www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...

Brother to the Assassin: Edwin Booth and the Rebirth of American Theatre

This lecture will explore the career of Edwin Booth, whose work was overshadowed by the infamous act of his brother, John Wilkes Booth.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 6d

A few thoughts about Edwin Booth, celebrity, and the new Taylor Swift album.

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Life of a...Tragedian

Confession time: I keep playlists for each of my research subjects.

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 17d

The reason the amendment prohibiting living people from appearing on our money was passed in 1866 was due to the first superintendent of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing who put himself on money. Like Trump, he was also a sexual predator: lincolnconspirators.com/2018/02/01/t... 🗃️ #skystorians

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Wikipedia Picture of the Day @wiki-potd.bsky.social · 16d

Agnes Booth (October 4, 1843 – January 2, 1910) was an Australian-born American actress and in-law of actors Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Booth, and John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 17d

Oh you’ve already helped so much. I’m still interested in knowing exactly what the text on the assassination page says but thanks to you I’ve got the gist. The rest of the pages and drawings are just really fun to look at.

Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 17d

I love this similarly creative take on what the inside of the Capitol building looks like. That’s great.

Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 17d

The page after the Lincoln assassination one is this image which I thought at first was the inside of Ford’s Theatre but the people appear to be celebrating. So I’m assuming this is their take on Grant’s inauguration: archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/bunko1...

Another page from the Japanese book on U. S. Grant showing the interior of the decorative theater.

Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 17d

It is one of many images in a three volume set about Grant’s life and world tour. The volumes have been digitized here: archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/bunko1...

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks to @illimij.bsky.social for verifying this image depicts Abraham Lincoln’s assassination as a stabbing at the theater, rather than a gunshot by John Wilkes Booth. It comes from a set of Japanese volumes about the life and world tour of U.S. Grant: archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/bunko1... 🗃️

An 1879 depiction of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination from a Japanese book about President Ulysses S. Grant. It erroneously shows Lincoln being killed by multiple knife wielding assassins rather than depicting the shooting by John Wilkes Booth.

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 17d

Again thank you so much. It’s so interesting how the Japanese interpreted Lincoln’s assassination. Rather than the lone figure of John Wilkes Booth shooting the President, Lincoln is the victim of multiple assassins and stabbed like Julius Caesar.

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 17d

Oh thank you so much! I notice some of the kanji in the small box under the center figure are the same as those in the bigger box you translated. Does that small box say Lincoln (or Lingorun)?

Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 17d

Any #skystorians out there fluent in #kanji? I’m looking for someone to translate this page from an 1879 #Japanese book about President Ulysses S. Grant celebrating his life and travels. I think the page shows Lincoln’s assassination (or perhaps a fictitious attempt on Grant’s life). Help!

An assassination scene from a Japanese book about the life of U.S. Grant.

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Marcia Parks @mzparks.bsky.social · 18d

Honoring Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, Lincoln scholar and author of TWENTY DAYS about his assassination. She also wrote name #childrensbooks, including one of the all time best sellers in the U.S.--PAT THE BUNNY.

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History Education Network @historyedunet.bsky.social · 18d

Boston Corbett, the self-castrated hat maker who killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Photographed by Mathew Brady circa 1880 (635x861) - History Education Network #historyimages #historicalphotos #historylessons #history #historyeducationnetwork #education #old #historical

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 18d

Happy 75th Anniversary of Peanuts, everyone!

Ad from Chicago Tribune 10/2/1950

Ad from the Chicago Tribune announcing the beginning of the comic strip Peanuts. Shermy and Charlie Brown stand, shielding their eyes as they look into the distance under a sign that says, "Watch Out For Children"

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Joe Barry @joebarry.bsky.social · Sep 15

Check out Dave Taylor's @linconspirators.bsky.social great article "In the Peanut Gallery" from his Lincoln Conspirators site. Compelling theory on the identity of the boy who held Booth's horse. #skystorians #history #lincolnassassination 💙📚

In the Peanut Gallery

I’m very grateful to Joe Barry and his piece “Will Research for Peanuts,” which he recently contributed to this website. Through his research, Joe put together the known facts about Peanut John and…

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Joe Barry @joebarry.bsky.social · 24d

Harper Goff painting (1946) of John Wilkes Booth onstage Ford's Theatre with Joseph B. Stewart rushing to pursue the assassin. My upcoming book on Stewart reveals why he was the "Forrest Gump" of 19th century America.
#history #skystorians #biography #booksky

February 1946 Coronet issue with Harper Goff painting of John Wilkes Booth on stage. Two actresses frightened. Audience member Joseph B. Stewart entering stage to pursue the assassin.

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 25d

I think you’re absolutely right. Good eye!

Edwin Booth and fellow players Bispham and Carryl

Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 25d

I don’t have an exact date but there are two pictures of Edwin with William Bispham and Charles Carryl in the Harvard Theater Collection dated to 1892. Bispham was the Treasurer of The Players, while Carryl was later elected the Secretary of the club.
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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 26d

So cool! I hope you saw lots of goodies! Yesterday, I was just looking at what I expect is one of the last photographs of taken of Edwin before his death in that room.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 26d

Today was a whirlwind research day, but here are some of the highlights. Paging @linconspirators.bsky.social...

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